'''Joseph (Harkiolakis)''' is the former Metropolitan of New Zealand between 2003 and August 2005. According to the Society of Hellenes Abroad, he has resigned for health reasons[http://www.sae.gr/EN/Nea_Eidiseis/default.asp?cmd=show&id=750]; according to a priest in the country, his farewell Liturgy was on 28 Aug 2005 [http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?p=918457#post918457].

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His Eminence '''Joseph (Harkiolakis) of Proikonnisos''' is a retired [[bishop]] of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]] who served the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]] as the Bishop of Arianzos. He is in retirement as the [[metropolitan]] of Proikonnisos.

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==Auxillary bishop==

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He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] on the [[December 3]], 1989, and served the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]] as the [[auxiliary bishop]] (of Arianzos). His longest term was in Adelaide, guiding the Third Archdiocesan District of South Australia and the Northern Territory. After this, he was moved to Melbourne as the second auxiliary bishop, responsible for the Second Archdiocesan District of Victoria and Tasmania.

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==External Links==

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==Metropolitan of New Zealand==

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*[http://home.it.com.au/~jgrapsas/pages/Bp_Joseph.htm Articles] done as Bishop Joseph of Arianzos in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia

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He was elected as Metropolitan of New Zealand, and served between 2003-2005. In 2005, he resigned for health reasons <ref> Statement according to the Society of Hellenes Abroad </ref> and held his final liturgy on [[August 28]], 2005. <ref> [http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?p=918457#post918457 According to a local priest]. </ref>

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*[http://home.it.net.au/~jgrapsas/pages/Archbishop.htm Biography] from the Archdiocesan website

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==Metropolitanate==

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After his retirement from New Zealand, Metr. Joseph returned to Greece and lived in Piraeus as a retired hierarch. In 2008, he was elected to be the Metropolitan of Proikonnisos.

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==References==

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*[http://home.it.com.au/~jgrapsas/pages/Bp_Joseph.htm Articles] written as Bishop Joseph of Arianzos in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.

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Auxillary bishop

He was consecrated on the December 3, 1989, and served the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia as the auxiliary bishop (of Arianzos). His longest term was in Adelaide, guiding the Third Archdiocesan District of South Australia and the Northern Territory. After this, he was moved to Melbourne as the second auxiliary bishop, responsible for the Second Archdiocesan District of Victoria and Tasmania.

Metropolitan of New Zealand

He was elected as Metropolitan of New Zealand, and served between 2003-2005. In 2005, he resigned for health reasons [1] and held his final liturgy on August 28, 2005. [2]

Metropolitanate

After his retirement from New Zealand, Metr. Joseph returned to Greece and lived in Piraeus as a retired hierarch. In 2008, he was elected to be the Metropolitan of Proikonnisos.